Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:58:25 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu> Cc: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>, Luigi Montanez <prankster83@geocities.com>, freebsd-questions@freeBSD.org Subject: Re: Iomega zip-zoom scsi accelerator not supported? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970327115650.354U-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.95.970316121726.7691B-100000@goodall.u.washington.edu>
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On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, K. Marsh wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Randall Hopper wrote: > > K. Marsh: > > |On Sat, 15 Mar 1997, Luigi Montanez wrote: > > |> Does anyone know if the Zip or any other Iomega drive will work w/ FreeBSD? > > |> How about the Microtek scanners? > > | > > |I know the zip will work with Linux. > > > > SCSI ZIP works fine with FreeBSD. I own one myself and have it hanging of > > an NCR SC-200 (53C810) SCSI board. Its just another SCSI device, and the > > SCSI ZIP's performance is very nice. > >>>SNIP<<< > > I suppose my problem has been that I got the Iomega-recommened zip-zoom > scsi accelerator for my zip drive. (it's an Adaptec AVA-1502e.) I can check this next Monday when I get back to work. We have this in a Dell and I have a boot floppy down there I can check it with. > I see that the Adaptec AVA-1505 *is* supported. Is there any plan to > support the 1502e? Are they essentially the same? I would guess so, if it's based on the same chip. > If not, can anyone recommend a low-budget scsi adapter that is supported? > I really need my zip drive to work with FreeBSD so I can backup and > upgrade to 2.1.7. The NCR 53c815 is available for $125 or so and is a great SCSI 2 adapter. I have two CDs hanging off of it and no problems. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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